Concord Finishes Road Trip at Glenville State

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team will conclude its 10-game road trip with four games against Mountain East Conference foe Glenville State 2:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. Sunday.

LIVE COVERAGE
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RECORDS
• Concord is 10-9 overall and 9-7 in the MEC which places it fifth in the league standings.

• GSC has compiled an overall mark of 4-14 and 4-10 in the conference.

THE COACHES
• In the middle of his fifth season at his alma mater, Andrew Wright is 136-97 at Concord.

• GSC's James Mullins is in his second season at Glenville State and is 13-55

MOUNTAIN LION NOTESe
• Against West Virginia State Tuesday, CU split a twin bill with the Yellow Jackets as Concord won game on 3-2 before falling 8-7 in the night cap.

• Freshman outfielder Andy Szamski propelled the offense with the go-ahead RBI in the seventh inning of game one, and returned in game two with two RBI.

• Szamski has a nine-game hitting streak entering the weekend which is the longest for any Concord player this season.

• Sophomore pitcher Nate Werner continued to be the most consistent pitcher for the Mountain Lions as he limited WVSU to two runs in five innings of work.

• This season, Werner is 1-1 with a team-best ERA (3.24) in four starts and has pitched two complete games for CU.

• Senior outfielder Jerrod Groves has reached base in 14 consecutive games and has a team-high .487 on-base percentage

• In addition to the 16 hits Groves has pounded out this year, the Covington, Virginia native has drawn 14 walks and been hit by a pitch eight times, both club leads.

• With a stellar weekend against the Pioneers, Groves and senior first baseman Ryan Johnston can both move up the all-time hits list at Concord.

• Groves starts the weekend with 205 career hits, ninth all-time, while Johnston is 10^th with 203 hits.

• The duo stands just six and eight hits respectively away from passing former Concord infielder Josh Wenger for eighth all-time.

• On the stolen bases record list, junior outfielder Andrew Seigel can move into second, passing Keith Morrisroe in the process, with five steals against GSC.

• Seigel has swiped 57 career bases and is 8-for-9 this season in steal attempts.

• In two of his last three starts junior pitcher Chris Kelly has tossed a complete game shutout.

• Last weekend at Notre Dame, Kelly limited the Falcons' offense to three hits while striking out two batters to move to 3-1 this season.

• The Mountain Lions boasts a fielding percentage of .965, third best in the league.

• Seigel and Szamski each had a fielding percentage of 1.000 with 41 and 38 chances, respectively.

• Johnston has committed just one error at first base in 163 chances this season for a fielding percentage of .994.

• Behind the plate, junior catcher Charles Goss and freshman catcher Paul Williams have only mishandled the ball twice between them in 90 combined chances.

• Concord is 10-0 against the Pioneers in program history, including a four-game sweep of GSC at Anderson Field last season.

• In three games against Glenville State, Seigel managed to go 6-for-11 with three runs scored and five RBI.

• Meanwhile, Goss was 4-for-8 with five RBI in the first three games of the series.

• Kelly pitched well against Glenville State in his one career start, going seven innings and only allowing one earned run and striking out five as Concord won 5-4 last year.

• Sophomore Zach Kelly got plenty of run support in his 12-2 victory over GSC a season ago. Z. Kelly worked five inning allowing two earned runs and fanning two hitters.

SCOUTING GLENVILLE STATE
• Glenville State's John Hunter is third in the MEC in stolen bases behind Notre Dame's Danny Beaver (10) and Seigel (eight). Hunter is 7-for-7 on steal attempts.

• Karl Bennington has the top ERA for the Pioneers (3.57) in 17.2 innings of work.

• The Pioneers' offense is paced by Tucker Abruzzino who is hitting .275 with eight RBI.